Summer Clouds, New Mexico
Artist
Fremont F. Ellis
(American, 1897 - 1985)
Datec. 1953
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions25 x 20 1/8 inches (63.5 x 51.1 cm)
Frame: 34 × 29 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (86.4 × 74.3 × 8.9 cm)
Frame: 34 × 29 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (86.4 × 74.3 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.20.16
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextThe New Mexican landscape inspired painter Fremont Ellis. He found beauty in the desert with its contrast of stark, flat land to vast sky. He used active brushstrokes to portray the atmospheric effects of dramatic cloud formations, tinged by shimmering light.
ProvenanceArtist; purchased August 6, 1953 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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